Please see below for the following updates:

• Claims submission changes effective April 1
• Annual Medical Staff Re-appointments (CMaRS) for 2023/2024
• New Incoming Senior Director, Research Operations at Unity Health Toronto
• Important Updates from the Unity Health Research Ethics Board
• Compensation for COVID-19 related work for February 2023 - Due March 3rd, 2023
• Medical Education Strategic Plan Survey

 Physicians and their staff are reminded that the Ministry of Health is changing the in-province insured and related services claims submission period from six to three months, effective April 1, 2023, for services rendered on or after April 1, 2023.

This claims submission timeframe adjustment is outlined in the 2021 Physician Services Agreement. The MOH is implementing similar changes for claims submissions from patients, other health practitioners, community laboratories and independent health facilities.

The ministry's current process for reviewing stale-dated claims is also being updated. Physicians currently have six months to submit billings, including any corrections to errors that appear on the error report. These errors are commonly outside the control of physicians, such as patients who don't have accurate health card numbers or version codes.

Under the PSA, also effective April 1, physicians will have unlimited time to submit the corrections, so long as they initially submit their billings within three months of the date of service. Therefore, physicians will be able to get paid for services they rendered if it takes longer than six months to get the updated patient data.

The ministry also agreed that the submission period for remittance advice inquiries will be changed from four to seven months from the date of the remittance advice, helping maintain the status quo for adjudication of these claims. 

Log-ins will be the same as last year, you have the option to click “forgot password” and answer 1 of the 3 questions you picked in previous years. 

The following courses are mandatory. CMaRS will accept courses if completed any time after December 1, 2022. No courses will be waived. 

• Fire Safety and Security
• WHMIS and Health and Safety
• TASHN Privacy
• Domestic Violence

Medical staff are also requested to:

• Complete the Relationship Management form via CMaRS

COVID Vaccines – no upload required - will be listed as a question

Continuing Medical Education (CME) for 2022 - no upload required - will be listed as a question

Sociodemographic questions - same as last reappointment

Mandatory fields: Email, Address, Phone number

Receipts from CMaRS

• Itemized receipts are generated by Chase Bank and emailed to the physician as soon as transaction is processed if you put in an email address when paying
• CMaRS cannot re-produce these receipts
• It is your responsibility to keep track of your own receipts

Deadline to fully complete your re-appointment is March 31, 2023.

Questions?  Please see the attached tip sheet or contact Narisha Jiwa in the Medical Staff Office at [email protected] 

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mani Kang as Senior Director, Research Operations at Unity Health Toronto effective March 6, 2023.

Mani has extensive experience leading research and innovation portfolios in the health-care sector. Mani joins us from Holland Bloorview, where he most recently served as the Director, Research Operations & Business Development and the Co-Executive Director, Innovation for System Partnerships, Implementation & Evaluation. Mani has held previous leadership roles within various Toronto academic health sciences centres including the University Health Network where he oversaw research operations and business development for the diagnostic research portfolio.

Mani holds an MBA from the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees from York University, and a Project Management Professional designation.

Mani will step into this role as Dalton Charters, who has led the Office of Research Administration for over a decade, retires at the end of March. Dalton has guided our Institute through a time of incredible growth.  He has provided stellar leadership, ensuring that we stay focused on our mission and values while we pursue important and impactful research and innovation. We will have an opportunity to thank Dalton formally prior to his departure and will share more information about this soon.

Please join us in welcoming Mani to Unity Health and wishing him every success, and in thanking Dalton for his service. 

Please take time to read the following important updates.

1. Electronic Research Ethics Board (eREB) Submission System

The Unity Health eREB is now operational and is available for all new study submissions. Visit the eREB Information Page for instructions on creating an account and logging in.

At this time, researchers are invited, but not required, to submit new studies through the eREB.

As of March 15, 2023 all new study submissions must be made through the eREB.

Existing studies (both approved and under review) should continue to submit amendments, renewals, staff changes, SAEs, safety reports, and closures through the REB inbox using the applicable submission forms found on the REB Website. 

Plans to migrate existing studies into the eREB will be communicated in the coming months.

2. Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (2022)

The Panel on Research Ethics has released an updated version of the TCPS 2 (2022) in January 2023.  The updated version can be accessed on the Panel on Research Ethics website at TCPS 2 (2022) .  Highlights of the changes can be found at TCPS 2 (2022) Changes .

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us through the REB inbox at [email protected] or contact any member of the Research Ethics Office. REO Contact Info

*Sent on behalf of Dr. Patricia Houston, Vice Dean, Medical Education*

Dear Colleagues, 

I am writing to invite you to complete a questionnaire that will inform development of a strategic plan for the Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education, including the identification of strategic priorities and implementation actions. The questionnaire will be open for two weeks, until March 9, 2023.  

The Office of the Vice Dean, Medical Education, also known as the Medical Education portfolio, was established in June 2021 to address and support common needs and challenges across the continuum of medical education. The continuum of education is inclusive of the full cycle of learning from application to medical school through completion of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and into lifelong continuing professional development. The Medical Education portfolio aspires to support transformative integration and alignment across the continuum as well as the development of innovative approaches to teaching and learning in health professions education, drawing on the unique strengths and capacities of Temerty Medicine. 

This questionnaire marks the halfway point of a strategic planning process that began in November 2022. It is being sent out widely to the Temerty Medicine medical education community as a means of broadly capturing the perspectives and priorities of as many people as possible and offering an opportunity for anonymous contributions to the strategy development. The content of the questionnaire is informed by conversations and feedback provided to date. The questionnaire is anonymous; your responses cannot be traced back to you. It should take 5-10 minutes to complete.  

Your feedback is integral to our strategic planning process.  If you have any questions or concerns about the questionnaire, please email [email protected] with the subject line "Med Ed Questionnaire.”  I thank you in advance for your time and your insights. 

Best regards,